Cyber-thieves are attempting to cash in on the rising value of the bitcoin virtual currency.

Chalk it up to one of the many contradictions of modern life in developed nations: we cajole our kids into eating all the food on their plates “because children in poorer countries are starving” at the same time as we face a growing obesity epidemic worldwide.

An Italian man known as the "Devil's Advocate" who said he provided legal representation to the likes of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, was not a genuine lawyer but a fraudster, a jury at a London court ruled on Wednesday.

Would you turn in the girl next door for watering her lawn too much?

Some Chinese students at City College of San Francisco have added their voices to campus-wide concerns over accreditation problems at one of the United States' largest two-year schools.

The Obama administration on Wednesday slammed North Korea's pugnacious rants toward South Korea and the West and a U.S. intelligence official called the strident remarks worrisome.

One of the most remote outposts of Jesuit higher education is tucked away in dusty northwest Kenya, in a place whose name means “Nowhere” in Swahili.

Massachusetts has handed out $2 million in scholarships to students at state colleges and universities pursuing high-demand degrees.

The word "ungoogleable" has been removed from a list of new Swedish words after a trademark spat. But it raises the question of what can and can't be found with a search engine.

The government is to plant a quarter of a million ash trees in an attempt to find strains that are resistant to the fungus responsible for ash dieback.